The power to hold dominion in the underworld, the subterranean afterlife. Variation of Afterlife Lordship. Not to be confused with just Underworld Ruler, or Hell Lordship.
Also Called[]
- Chthonic Dominion/Lordship
- Netherworld Dominion/Lordship
- Plutonian Dominion/Lordship
- Underworld Dominion
Capabilities[]
The user has absolute power in the underworld, a place where the souls of the all recently departed go, an afterlife or realm of the dead located below the realm of the living. Exact conditions of the dead vary depending of the pantheon, but every soul comes there and while some may be punished and others rewarded, for the most the underworld is a place of waiting and either rest or boredom. Users can command the dead, and have powers related to life, and death, souls in general as well as power to bind and restrict (dead are expected to stay there after all). Some may have duties and powers related to death and bringing the souls where they belong. Since the underworld is below earth, many have powers related to earth and minerals, wealth, darkness, and possibly even vegetation (it grows from the earth after all).
The underworld isn’t necessarily limited to one form of afterlife but can be a paradise, a prison or something else, specifically meaning that the underworld can also have section where different souls go, ultimately decided by the ruler as their judge and enforces their final fate based on the past deeds and intentions.
Applications[]
- Afterlife Manipulation (Limited to underworld)
- Authority within the underworld.
- Binding
- Communing
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Necromancy
- Death Sense
- Ectoplasm Manipulation
- Life-Force Absorption
- Mediumship
- Necrotic Empowerment
- Reanimation
- Resurrection
- Soul Manipulation
- Summoning (deceased souls and/or corpses)
- Realm Leader (Varies)
Variations[]
- Afterlife Border
- Afterlife Guardian
- Cave Manipulation
- Darkness Manipulation
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Earth Manipulation
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Phantasm Manipulation
- Soul Absorption
- Spiritual Flame Manipulation
- Subterranean Adaptation
- Undead Manipulation
- Underworld Beast Manipulation
- Water Manipulation
Associations[]
- Afterlife Lordship
- Land Lordship
- Monetary Manipulation
- Nether Manipulation
- Plant Manipulation
- Soullessness
- Underworld Manipulation
- Underworld Ruler
Known Users[]
Folklore/Mythology
- Nergal (Assyrio-Babylonian Mythology)
- Osiris (Egyptian Mythology)
- Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Yama (Hindu Mythology)
- Hel (Norse Mythology)
- Orcus (Roman Mythology)
- Susanoo (Shinto Mythology)
- Veles (Slavic Mythology)
- Baron Samedi (Vodou Mythology)
Television/Films
- Papa Legba (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Hades (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys)
- Lord Rahl (Legend of the Seeker)
- The Keeper (Legend of the Seeker)
- Hades (Once Upon a Time); Underworld
- The Halloween Hound (Spooky Buddies)
Cartoons
- Death (Adventure Time)
- The New Death (Adventure Time); future Briefly
- Mr Fox (Adventure Time); Future
- Pariah Dark (Danny Phantom); Ghost Zone
- Hades (Disney's Hercules)
- Lord Garmadon (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Ganon (Legend of Zelda cartoon)
- Mictlan (Maya and the Three)
- Tom Lucitor (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- La Muerte (The Book of Life)
- Xibalba (The Book of Life)
Comics
- Deities of Dead/Death (Comics)
Video Games
- Hades (God of War)
- Medusa (Kid Icarus)
- Hades (Kid Icarus Uprising)
- Malefor (Skylanders)
- Queen Hel (Valkyrie Connect)
- Hades (Valkyrie Crusade)
Manga/Anime
- Master of Hell (Hell Girl)
- King Yemma (Dragon Ball)
- Hades (Record of Ragnarok)
- Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon); identified as the "Guardian of the Underworld"
Gallery[]
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